TORONTO, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index rose
on Friday morning as mining shares displayed strength and data
showed the Canadian economy returned to growth in August after
stalling in July.

Gross domestic product climbed 0.3 percent in August after
shrinking 0.1 percent in July, the first contraction in a year.
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At 10:18 a.m. (1418 GMT), the S&P/TSX composite index
.GSPTSE was up 54.83 points, or 0.44 percent, at 12,618.92,
with seven of its 10 main sectors higher. It opened slightly
lower.

Andrew Pyle, wealth advisor at ScotiaMcLeod, said the
market was cautious ahead of U.S. Federal Reserve meetings next
week, which could result in more monetary policy easing, as
well as the U.S. midterm elections. Also on tap are U.S. and
Canadian employment data.

"I really think you're seeing some gyrations into month
end. I think you're going to see this all day. There's this
cautionary theme going through the market as we head into a
massive week next week," he said.

"Investors are aware a lot of asset classes are getting
overvalued, stocks, metals, golds, bonds, and believe one if
not all events has the potential to derail one of those asset
classes."

Brookfield Office Properties BPO.TO shed 0.3 percent to
C$17.82, even after it reported a 37 percent rise in quarterly
funds from operations (FFO) on Friday, helped by an increase in
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Canada's Silver Standard Resources Inc SSO.TO, up 3.2
percent at C$24.82, said it will sell its Snowfield and
Brucejack projects in northern British Columbia to Pretium
Resources Inc, a company led by its former CEO Robert
Quartermain, for C$450 million in cash and stock.
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